World War II
Photos: The U.S. Military’s Prototype for a Flying Submarine
Capable of carrying 66 tons of cargo, the Aeroscraft could bring airships back to the skies
April 2013 |
By Mark Strauss
Michael Pollan, World War II and More Recent Books Out This Month
Read about the transformation of food and what happens to it once its in the digestive system
April 2013 |
By Chloë Schama
Martin Amis Contemplates Evil
England’s most famous living novelist has moved to America—and tilted the literary world
September 2012 |
By Ron Rosenbaum
Document Deep Dive: A Peek at the Last Time London Hosted the Olympics
Records at the National Archives in London show how organizers cobbled together the 1948 "Austerity" Games
July 31, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Revisiting The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
February 2012 |
By Ron Rosenbaum
Diving for the Secrets of the Battle of the Atlantic
Off the coast of North Carolina lie dozens of shipwrecks, remainders of a forgotten theater of World War II
January 18, 2012 |
By Jim Morrison
Unflinching Portraits of Pearl Harbor Survivors
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
December 05, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
The Tuskegee Airmen Plane's Last Flight
The final voyage of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary fighting force
November 2011 |
By Owen Edwards
Wernher von Braun's V-2 Rocket
Although the Nazi "vengeance weapon" was a wartime failure, it ushered in the space age
August 2011 |
By Owen Edwards
Gerda Weissmann Klein on American Citizenship
The Holocaust survivor, author and Medal of Freedom winner discusses liberation day and cherished freedoms
June 13, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
Warsaw on the Rise
A new crop of skyscrapers symbolizes the Polish capital's effort to rebuild its downtrodden image
February 2011 |
By Rudolph Chelminski
Revisiting Samuel Eliot Morison's Landmark History
The famous historian's eyewitness accounts of the Navy during World War II—now being reissued—won't be surpassed
February 2011 |
By James D. Hornfischer
A New Look at Anne Frank
Two comic book veterans—who authored the graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Report—train their talents on the young diarist
January 25, 2011 |
By Jamie Katz
Remembering PT-109
A carved walking stick evokes ship commander John F. Kennedy's dramatic rescue at sea
November 2010 |
By Owen Edwards
Capturing Warsaw at the Dawn of World War II
As German bombs began falling on Poland in 1939, an American photographer made a fateful decision
November 2010 |
By Mike Edwards
Can Auschwitz Be Saved?
Liberated 65 years ago, the Nazi concentration camp is one of Eastern Europe's most visited sites—and most fragile
February 2010 |
By Andrew Curry
Remembering Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor continues to live through the artifacts on display throughout the Smithsonian Institution
December 07, 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
Holiday Delivery From the Graf Zeppelin
In 1934, a zeppelin originating in Germany and bound for Brazil carried a cargo of Christmas cheer
December 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
Memoirs of a World War II Buffalo Soldier
In a recently published memoir written over 60 years ago, veteran James Daugherty details his experiences as an African-American in combat
November 06, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
